Phil Harrison quit because PS4 was in the works?

We’d be a little naive to believe that the only reason Phil Harrison left his post at Sony is because he wants to do casual games with Infogrames. There has to be a deeper story to it. A rumor has surfaced and tries to explain this mystery. Does it hold water? Find out in the full article up ahead.

A lot of us were surprised by the seemingly abrupt decision by Phil Harrison to leave Sony earlier this year. The company’s former president of worldwide studios said he wanted to move on and join Infogrames because of “exciting new projects”, but many doubted that what he said was the full story.

Now, a rumor from Videogaming247 suggests that the real reason involves a matter of top secrecy. The site reported that, according to a source, the issue had a lot to do with the development of a new Sony console.

“He could see he was about to get involved in another PlayStation cycle, and obviously wanted something new,” the source supposedly said. “The same thing was happening again and he’d been through it enough times to want to move on.”

That’s about all of it from them. It doesn’t really explain why Phil would hate to be involved with a new console, so take this one with a grain of salt. Perhaps a spoonful, actually.

• Phil Harrison resigns from SCEI
• Phil Harrison talks about Atari, reason for quitting, opportunities for gaming
• Phil Harrison now president of Infogrames

Via Videogaming247